Table 2.
Whole-cohort microbiology
| Pathogen | Frequency (%) |
| Bacterial | |
| Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) | 126 (46) |
| Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) | 115 (42) |
| Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) | 51 (19) |
| Campylobacter | 43 (16) |
| Shigella/enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) | 31 (11) |
| Salmonella | 4 (1.5) |
| Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) | 3 (1.1) |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | 1 (0.37) |
| Protozoan | |
| Giardia | 20 (7.3) |
| Cryptosporidium | 12 (4.4) |
| Viral | |
| Rotavirus | 151 (55) |
| Norovirus | 39 (14) |
| Adenovirus | 33 (12) |
| Sapovirus | 10 (3.6) |
| Astrovirus | 8 (2.9) |
| Negative | |
| Negative for all pathogens assayed | 9 (3.3) |
| Negative for all viral pathogens | 64 (23) |
| Negative for all bacterial and protozoan pathogens | 63 (23) |
No Vibrio cholerae, Yersinia, E. coli O157, Entamoeba histolytica or Cyclospora cayetensis detected. Clostridioides difficile was omitted from this table as its role as a pathogen in infants is unclear.